In 1980, he launched Tinkle, a children’s anthology, which was started under Rang Rekha Features, India’s first comic and cartoon syndicate, that lasted till 1998, with him as the Managing DirectorĪnant Pai suffered a massive heart attack and passed away on 24th Februay 2011 at 5 pm. ![]() The creator of ‘Indian comics’ and founder of Amar Chitra Katha on which generations of Indians grew up.Īnant Pai, (17 September 1929 – 24 February 2011) popularly known as Uncle Pai, was a renowned educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Kathaseries in 1967, along with the India Book House publishers, and which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters.
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